1 Peter 3:2 KJV [2] “while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.”      Sometimes, men are not the best at noticing the little things that their wives do. Observation is not high on the list of a working man, and he is often guilty of not paying attention to details. Every woman who loves her husband desires for him to notice her. She wants him to pay attention to the little things that matter to her.       I think this is a worthy desire of a wife, and as men, we should be more observant of our wives. We …

1 Peter 3:1 KJV [1] “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”       In our world today, teaching a wife to be submissive to her husband is not popular. The Women’s Rights movement has nearly destroyed this mindset in the past few generations. We do not have to look very far to see how it has caused problems in the home and society. They tell women they are equal to men and can do anything a …

1 Peter 2:25 KJV [25] “For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.”      In the Old Testament, the sheep died for the shepherd, but in the New Testament, the Shepherd died for the sheep. Every sinner is like a sheep that has gone astray. They have wandered ignorantly in this dangerous world without knowing the destruction awaiting them. The Shepherd died for them and now searches for them out in this world to bring them safely into His fold.       The word bishop means “one who watches over or …

1 Peter 2:24 KJV [24]“who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”      The Jewish people did not crucify criminals but stoned them to death. The Romans were known for crucifixion. However, if the one crucified was a wicked individual, the Jews would hang their dead body on a tree until evening. That was a mark of shame and disgrace. When you think about our Lord dying on a tree, it gives us a greater perspective of the shame …

1 Peter 2:23 KJV  [23] “who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:”      The enemies of our Lord tried to provoke Him repeatedly. They wanted Jesus to respond to them in a way that would allow them to accuse Him. Their goal was to discredit His testimony so the people would reject Him. Jesus was much wiser than the religious leaders and was committed to the Father’s will.      The word reviled not only means to rebuke but also to abuse. We see this repeatedly …